Sunday Notebook: Keke's plans two cafes, Fanatics helps with benefit

The Orlando-based restaurant chain Keke’s Breakfast Café will be opening two new locations in Jacksonville and St. Johns County.

There are more than 30 Keke's locations across Florida, including one on Jenkins Street in St. Augustine.

The St. Johns location will be opening at Durbin Park off Race Track Road and State Road 9B. Keke’s Breakfast Café is also expected to open at the Strand on Town Center Parkway in Jacksonville.

The restaurant serves breakfast daily from 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and lunch from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

The breakfast menu includes a selection of waffles, pancakes, omelets, French toast and other classics. The lunch menu features paninis, sandwiches, burgers, wraps and salads.

A spokeswoman for Keke’s Breakfast Café said the Jacksonville location is in the early stages of construction. Opening dates have not been determined.

Fanatics helping with auction

benefiting Parkland families

Fanatics Inc., the Jacksonville-based sports merchandise company, is teaming up with Chicago Cubs slugger Anthony Rizzo to raise funds to help the families of the victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla.

Rizzo, who is an alumnus of the South Florida high school, has agreed to a joint online auction with Fanatics. The auction, which launched Feb. 23 – only nine days after the shooting that claimed 17 lives – features dozens of sports sports-themed items and entertainment opportunities.

Rizzo’s Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation is also helping to run the auction, which can be found through www.fanaticsauctions.com. The auction runs through March 25.

Beyond sports memorabilia, the auction features opportunities such as meet-and-greet events with some big names in sports, tickets to see the Cubs at Wrigley Field, and batting lessons with Boston Red Sox great David Ortiz. In addition to sports items, there are entertainment offerings up for auction, including an autographed guitar from rock star Pink.

Rizzo has pledged that 100 percent of the sales from the auction will go to the Stoneman Douglas victims and their families.

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